Question on NOE's 160Gr RN 40 S&W mould

[robpete]

I just ordered one this morning. I was wondering if anybody knew what design it is and also if any of you have proven load data available.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I recently received that mold (NOE 402-160RN)...it's a PB with a round nose with a single rounded lube groove. I'm not sure if it's a copy of an older design or not ?

Working up a load this weekend is in my plans.
Mine dropped from the mold at .4025-.4030 slightly out of round and right at 160gr. with WW alloy. I was hoping for a tiny bit larger so I could size them at .403 with my star. Well, they did run through the star without too much problem, only a tiny bit of lube on each nose that creeped by the slightly undersized area. one of my 40's is a MR Baby Eagle with a original polygonal barrel that is oversized (.4025). I'm hoping this size boolit will chamber in my other 40 (Taurus PT24/7) as well as my 40 cal. Hi-point carbine.

I am going to try red dot and Bullseye as my first attempts at working up a load. I doubt any of this helps you ?
But... Good Luck,
Jon

[Lefty SRH]

Not sure what you mean by what design other than round nose plain base. But I shoot the same boolit from several Glocks (G22, G35, G24) and I'm still tweeking the load a little but so far I'm leaning toward 3.3gr-3.5gr of CLAYS.

[robpete]

Lefty - I was just wondering if it was a copy of an older mold. I was going to search the interweb for known data. Thanks